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• Group Petitions United Nations on Abuse of Women in Niger Delta Region

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 155
  Journalists for Niger Delta (JODEL), a media group concerned with the affairs of Nigeria’s oil and gas region, have joined emerging global pressure groups, to protest against the rising sexual assault on women and young girls in the region. The group had accordingly written to the United Nations (UN) ...
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• Six African Countries funded to ease climate adaptation

  
  Carbon-Based — Authority: 143
  Environment News Service : A total of $1.1 billion in new financing will flow to six African countries to assist them in developing renewable energy and preparing for the consequences of climate change. From solar water heaters to wind energy to development policy planning, a range of new, scalable investments were ...
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• European Union Threatens to Suspend Cooperation with Niger in 30 Days

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 155
  The European Union (EU) has threatened to suspend cooperation with Niger if it does not comply with democratic rules by starting “consultations” within 30 days. The EU described the 4 August referendum as a violation of the Constitution. President Mamadou Tandja of Niger organized the referendum to extend his ...
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• GUINEA: Political crisis only sharpens daily hardship

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 720
  Source: IRIN Even when Guinea is not facing political crisis and reeling from a massacre, daily life is gruelling for many and instability is never far away. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in a September 2009 report says Guinea is "volatile" due to a combination of sharp economic ...
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• EU freezes Niger aid in democracy row

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 720
  Source: Reuters * All development aid effectively on hold * Niger given 30-day deadline for consultations By Abdoulaye Massalatchi NIAMEY, Nov 6 (Reuters) - The European Union announced on Friday it was ...
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• Niger-Nigeria ‘blockade’ mystery

  
  Recording — Authority: 515
  Nigeria is blocking Niger from importing goods, Nigers foreign affairs ministry confirms, but a reason is still unclear.
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• FOCA: China, Africa hold summit to reinforce bilateral trade

  
  Congo Watch — Authority: 108
  Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao can expect a warm welcome from Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak and finance and foreign ministers from 50 countries when the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCA) starts in the Egyptian resort of Sharm El-Sheikh on Sunday. Ever-eager for raw materials and markets to sell its products, ...
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• Nigeria denies closing borders with Niger – The Guardian

  
  Nigerian Bulletin! — Authority: 149
  Media eports that Nigeria has shut its borders against Niger Republic over the political crisis in the country have been refuted by the Federal Government.In a four-paragraph statement yesterday, Information and Communications Minister, Prof. Dora Akunyili, urged Nigerians and the international community to ignore the ...
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• FOCA: China, Africa hold summit to reinforce bilateral trade

  
  Uganda Watch — Authority: 456
  Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao can expect a warm welcome from Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak and finance and foreign ministers from 50 countries when the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCA) starts in the Egyptian resort of Sharm El-Sheikh on Sunday. Ever-eager for raw materials and markets to sell its products, ...
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• FOCA: China, Africa hold summit to reinforce bilateral trade

  
  Niger Watch — Authority: 99
  Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao can expect a warm welcome from Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak and finance and foreign ministers from 50 countries when the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCA) starts in the Egyptian resort of Sharm El-Sheikh on Sunday. Ever-eager for raw materials and markets to sell its products, ...
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• Nigeria Declared Free of Guinea Worm

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 155
  Former Nigerian Head of State and chairman of the international NGO Global 2000, General Yakubu Gowon, has declared Nigeria free from the scourge of guinea worm disease. Speaking during a courtesy call on the governor of Niger State in northern Nigeria Babangida Aliyu on Wednesday in Minna, Gowon said Nigeria had ...
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• FOCA: China, Africa hold summit to reinforce bilateral trade

  
  Sudan Watch — Authority: 434
  Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao can expect a warm welcome from Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak and finance and foreign ministers from 50 countries when the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCA) starts in the Egyptian resort of Sharm El-Sheikh on Sunday. Ever-eager for raw materials and markets to sell its products, ...
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• Govt to build six ports in N’Delta – The Guardian

  
  Nigerian Bulletin! — Authority: 149
  Six additional ports are to be built by the Federal Government along the lower River Niger in the Niger Delta region.They are to be built at the completion of the dredging of the River Niger, according to the 42nd session of the Federal Executive Council (FEC), which yesterday approved contracts for the construction ...
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• Young neighbours…

  
  Esther Garvi — Authority: 126
  Photocredit: Anette Bengtsson
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• Nigeria Rebels Threaten to End Ceasefire

  
  shapeshift.net — Authority: 127
  Nigerias main rebel group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend), is threatening to call off its ceasefire with the government if foreign oil companies do not leave their land. (3:58 min)
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• Shell helps retrain former oil militants in Nigeria

  
  Royal Dutch Shell plc .com — Authority: 144
  YENEGOA, Nigeria, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell on Monday began helping retrain former oil militants in Nigeria responsible for years of attacks on its pipelines, part of efforts to ensure an amnesty programme brings lasting peace.
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• 2011: PDP can’t win 36 states – Waku – Tribune

  
  Nigerian Bulletin! — Authority: 149
  Contrary to a claim by the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Vincent Ogbuluafor, that the party would have a clean sweep of all the 36 states and win the presidency in the 2011 general election, a frontline member of the party, Senator Joseph Waku, has described the assertion as “mere ...
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• 450 Pilgrims Leave Niger for Saudi Arabia

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 155
  Some 450 Nigerien representing the first convoy of pilgrims, left Niamey early Monday for Saudi Arabia on board a Boeing of Alwafeer airline chattered by Nigerien company, Sahel Airlines. Some 9,070 pilgrims out of the 9,500 allowed by Saudi Arabia registered this year in different travel agencies, Religious Affairs ...
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• ‘Niger Delta militants ’ll take up arms again’ – Daily Trust

  
  Nigerian Bulletin! — Authority: 149
  Nigeria’s main rebel group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend), is threatening to call off its ceasefire with the government if foreign oil companies do not leave their land.Henry Okah, the group’s leader, told Al Jazeera’s Yvonne Ndege that the government has not stuck to its part of ...
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• Birdwatching in Niger!

  
  Esther Garvi — Authority: 126
  The Zinder bush is a great place to go birdwatching. Niger has more than 500 bird species coming through (many of them seasonal) and this is the time of the year to see them. This past Saturday, we went on a 3 hour long ride (a nice way to celebrate my birthday!). Amidst all of our adventures (and there were ...
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